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boarder

board·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bawr-der, bohr-]
    • /ˈbɔr dər, ˈboʊr-/
    • /ˈbɔː.dər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bawr-der, bohr-]
    • /ˈbɔr dər, ˈboʊr-/

Definitions of boarder word

  • countable noun boarder A boarder is a pupil who lives at school during the term. 3
  • noun boarder a pupil who lives at school during term time 3
  • noun boarder a child who lives away from its parents and is cared for by a person or organization receiving payment 3
  • noun boarder a person who boards a ship, esp one who forces his way aboard in an attack 3
  • noun boarder a person who takes part in sailboarding or snowboarding 3
  • noun boarder a person who regularly gets meals, or room and meals, at another's home for pay 3

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Origin of boarder

First appearance:

before 1520
One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1520-30; board + -er1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Boarder

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

boarder popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

boarder usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for boarder

noun boarder

  • diner — a person who dines.
  • patron — (in Mexico and the southwestern U.S.) a boss; employer.
  • visitor — a person who visits, as for reasons of friendship, business, duty, travel, or the like.
  • renter — a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
  • guest — Edgar A(lbert) 1881–1959, U.S. journalist and writer of verse, born in England.

Antonyms for boarder

noun boarder

  • hostess — a woman who receives and entertains guests in her own home or elsewhere.
  • landlord — a person or organization that owns and leases apartments to others.
  • host — the bread or wafer consecrated in the celebration of the Eucharist.

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